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he says representative cole if we restore the clinton tax rates today than in ten years, 2022, we have the deficit where it should be. >> guest: he is certainly correct to generate a great deal more revenue. if we did that let's say they made for under $50,000 that is a 2,000-dollar tax increase and again i don't think the president wants to do that. he said he doesn't want to do that our side doesn't want to do that. you know, going back to the clinton tax rate, and remember the average american family has taken a terrific hit. the median household income for years ago when the president became the president was around $54,000 a year and is about 50 now. so this portion of the population which is gotten squeezed tremendously i don't think adding an extra tax at the 98 percent is going to, number one, be very helpful to the more helpful to the economic growth. number two it's how much you want the folks to pay? so again, freezing those tax rates with an overwhelming majority of americans is a smart thing to do, we ought to do it and both sides say they want to. >> host: and you said ea
he says representative cole if we restore the clinton tax rates today than in ten years, 2022, we have the deficit where it should be. >> guest: he is certainly correct to generate a great deal more revenue. if we did that let's say they made for under $50,000 that is a 2,000-dollar tax increase and again i don't think the president wants to do that. he said he doesn't want to do that our side doesn't want to do that. you know, going back to the clinton tax rate, and remember the average...
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what they were under president clinton. during that eight years, 22 million increased jobs in this country. the bush years, with low tax rates for the rich, we lost 5 million manufacturing jobs and had absolutely anemic economic growth. it just -- make the compare son. you don't have to be an economist to make this comparison. you look at tax rate during those years, he look at tax rates during the eight years of the bush years. the clinton years and the bush years. and i don't want to go back. i don't want to blame everything on president bush. that doesn't get us anywhere. it makes people quit listening. but i do want to learn from history. and i look at the tax system we had during the clinton years and the tax system we had during the bush years and make the contrast about what happened. 22 million jobs created. not so good during the bush years with almost -- with very anemic job creation. far too many people in my home -- for too many people in my home state, the recession meant that they had to delay -- the recession
what they were under president clinton. during that eight years, 22 million increased jobs in this country. the bush years, with low tax rates for the rich, we lost 5 million manufacturing jobs and had absolutely anemic economic growth. it just -- make the compare son. you don't have to be an economist to make this comparison. you look at tax rate during those years, he look at tax rates during the eight years of the bush years. the clinton years and the bush years. and i don't want to go back....
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it's only after that that the taxes go back to clinton era. and because this is a different time and place, i support giving a tax break, continuing it for 98%, but asking the wealthiest to pay their fair share for the greatest country on the face of this earth. my father was born into dire poverty. he was the only one of nine children born in america. he was the only one of nine children to go to college at night in your great state, madam president. city college. at night. while he supported a family by day. he became a c.p.a., and after he got his bachelor's, he went at night to a place called brooklyn law school, where he got his law degree in five years. i was about ten. this is america. he was able to do that. and when he was a c.p.a., he would oversee everybody's taxes in the family. and i was a kid, and i got my first job working for a long time. i was a telephone operator for hilton hotels one summer. i'll never forget it. i was not good at it. i kept putting the -- those wires into the wrong places. but i managed to get through. and
it's only after that that the taxes go back to clinton era. and because this is a different time and place, i support giving a tax break, continuing it for 98%, but asking the wealthiest to pay their fair share for the greatest country on the face of this earth. my father was born into dire poverty. he was the only one of nine children born in america. he was the only one of nine children to go to college at night in your great state, madam president. city college. at night. while he supported...
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. >> earlier today secretary of state hillary clinton held a town hall meeting for state department p employees. she talked about recent violent episodes in iraq and commented on the state department's quadrennial diplomacy and development review. this is a little more than an hour. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the secretary's town hall meeting. just one brief technical reminder, this session is being broadcast not only on the state department's internal closed circuit system, b net, but also is being broadcast by a number of networks. so, please, always be diplomatic -- [laughter] in your, in your questions and in your performance. and with that, briefly, it gives me great personal and professional pleasure to introduce the secretary of state, the honorable hillary rodham clinton. madam secretary. [applause] >> well, thank you very much, pat. and i am delighted to be with all of you again this morning. on the way down the hall, i saw the overflow crowd, so i want to greet them. they're clustered around some of the tv screens out there
. >> earlier today secretary of state hillary clinton held a town hall meeting for state department p employees. she talked about recent violent episodes in iraq and commented on the state department's quadrennial diplomacy and development review. this is a little more than an hour. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the secretary's town hall meeting. just one brief technical reminder, this session is being broadcast not only on the state...
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going back to the clinton tax rate, the wealth of the average american families taking a terrific head meetinghouse clothing come four years ago when the president was about to do $4000 a year. this portion which is most of us has gotten squeezed preacher meant to say. i don't think adding extra taxes on 90% will number one be very helpful to them for helpful to the economic growth and number two, how much do you want folks to bear? again, freezing those tax rates for the overwhelming majority of americans is a smart thing to do. both sides say they want to. the fight was start the next day. i think we could do what i'm talking about the negotiations underway right now could continue and they should. again, doing what i'm talking about doesn't violate what either side is fighting over. they both say this is something we want to do. again, make sure we don't have some last-minute failure at the end of december. >> host: what gives you confidence democrats up later on agreed to extending tax cuts for the wealthiest americans? >> guest: this is where i disagree with republicans. the ameri
going back to the clinton tax rate, the wealth of the average american families taking a terrific head meetinghouse clothing come four years ago when the president was about to do $4000 a year. this portion which is most of us has gotten squeezed preacher meant to say. i don't think adding extra taxes on 90% will number one be very helpful to them for helpful to the economic growth and number two, how much do you want folks to bear? again, freezing those tax rates for the overwhelming majority...
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the last time we had a balanced budget was at the end of the clinton administration. the was the period of time we saw the vast expansion in the economy, 20 million jobs created, and by the way in 1990 to become president increased the top marginal tax rate to 39%. it did not slow down the economy. things kept moving on to read we have a balanced budget. what happens? 2001 george bush, we now have back-to-back tax cuts. we were told that according to this trickle-down economics tv that you provide tax breaks that helped the folks at the very top of those benefits are going to trickle down and lift up the middle class eight years later net loss in private sector jobs. we've been there. we've done that. it's not an experiment anymore. it was reality. there is the same fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on you. here we are saying you don't want to take a balanced approach when the last time we have a balanced approach was the last time that we actually balanced our budget. so we think it's important share in the responsibility of reducing the deficit the si
the last time we had a balanced budget was at the end of the clinton administration. the was the period of time we saw the vast expansion in the economy, 20 million jobs created, and by the way in 1990 to become president increased the top marginal tax rate to 39%. it did not slow down the economy. things kept moving on to read we have a balanced budget. what happens? 2001 george bush, we now have back-to-back tax cuts. we were told that according to this trickle-down economics tv that you...
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let's take a look at president clinton. when he proposed his tax-reduction plan in 1993, every republican in the house and every in the senate opposed it. and what was their claim? their claim that it would hurt business, it would cause a recession. every republican. what really happened in the ensuing years? not only did we have an unprecedented expansion of our economy for eight years, creating more than 22 million new net jobs at the very tax rate we're talking about, for people over $250,000, but at the same time, we turned the biggest deficit in history to the biggest surplus in history. president clinton handed president george w. bush a record surplus. so the only time in the last 30 years in which we actually had the budget in balance was after we raised taxes on those at the top, the very level we're talking about now. between 1993 and 2001, this country created an unprecedented number of jobs -- 22.7 million net -- and did so while benefiting everyone up and down the economic ladder. not every individual but every
let's take a look at president clinton. when he proposed his tax-reduction plan in 1993, every republican in the house and every in the senate opposed it. and what was their claim? their claim that it would hurt business, it would cause a recession. every republican. what really happened in the ensuing years? not only did we have an unprecedented expansion of our economy for eight years, creating more than 22 million new net jobs at the very tax rate we're talking about, for people over...
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the president -- >> maybe obama ought to make bill clinton the fiscal cliff envoy spent i've heard he did. [laughter] >> this is important. to bridge that sort of standing and staring at each other. take this debt. better internal leadership. secondly, i want to go back to what bob said. we have to be more outward focused. we have given up engaging in africa and around the globe. all the customers are out there. all the income growth is out there. adding those guys helps us in defense issues and other things. we are not doing that now. >> republican support -- >> that may do it. >> so maybe to get it right an outward looking -- >> what would an american renewal agenda be comprised of? >> let's negotiate the first trade agreement in over four years. president obama is the first president not to negotiate a trade agreement. he got through -- >> he didn't negotiate south korea. >> those were negotiated -- >> they were negotiated by the previous administration but the bottom line is we have an opportunity right now in europe and asia to knock down barriers, tariffs and nontariff barriers.
the president -- >> maybe obama ought to make bill clinton the fiscal cliff envoy spent i've heard he did. [laughter] >> this is important. to bridge that sort of standing and staring at each other. take this debt. better internal leadership. secondly, i want to go back to what bob said. we have to be more outward focused. we have given up engaging in africa and around the globe. all the customers are out there. all the income growth is out there. adding those guys helps us in...
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president clinton knew what he was saying. one thing i can say, knowing him as well as i do, he's a very smart man. he was making an elementary point, one that the president, president obama, seemed to dprea with when he was -- seemed to agree with when he was not running for election on a platform. president clinton not wanting to further undermine our economy recommended a short-term extension of all the tax relief. now, that is precisely what president obama agreed to at the end of 2010. and given our tepid economic growth and job creation and the threat from europe, common sense would dictate a similar course today. certainly if the alternative is a $300 billion tax increase, which it is. but today president obama is running for reelection and tax relief for the so-called rich would undermine his message of wealth redistribution. failure to extend this tax relief, though, is not an option. just this morning another obama support others, a former director for the economic council, larry summers, said, "the real risk to this
president clinton knew what he was saying. one thing i can say, knowing him as well as i do, he's a very smart man. he was making an elementary point, one that the president, president obama, seemed to dprea with when he was -- seemed to agree with when he was not running for election on a platform. president clinton not wanting to further undermine our economy recommended a short-term extension of all the tax relief. now, that is precisely what president obama agreed to at the end of 2010. and...
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bush had had 172, president clinton 183. right now there are 39 judicial nominees pending either on the judiciary committee or the senate floor. promptly confirming these 39 would bring the president's overall number close to parity with president bush. it wouldn't give him an advantage. it's time to stop the delay. i think it's important for us to confirm these nominees as quickly as possible. we don't have to go through this painful and embarrassing charade of calling cloture vote after cloture vote on nominees that were accepted on a strong bipartisan vote, have been approved by republican senators and are simply being held up on the hope by some republican senators that the day will come when there's a republican president who can fill these vacancies. that isn't fair. taking that approach is what gives our chamber a bad name. ten of these nominees reported out of committee last year. why continue to delay them? i note during president bush's first term the senate confirmed 57 district court nominees within seven days. t
bush had had 172, president clinton 183. right now there are 39 judicial nominees pending either on the judiciary committee or the senate floor. promptly confirming these 39 would bring the president's overall number close to parity with president bush. it wouldn't give him an advantage. it's time to stop the delay. i think it's important for us to confirm these nominees as quickly as possible. we don't have to go through this painful and embarrassing charade of calling cloture vote after...
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should focus on fun chen guangcheng it's more exciting than -- >> for us we sent a reporter with hillary clinton and the team from washington so we were able to cover that. we -- it's a relative news value issue. one story was for a more interesting and compelling story than the other as important as the strategic dialogue talks may have been [laughter] we went with the one that was the human -- and we played that everybody else. you know, great powers walk and chew gum at the same time. and so we in the news media try to do that too. i felt like the choice we made and the choice other newspapers made in the country was probably the right choice. which was to focus on the story that was surprising, dramatic, challenge the u.s., challenge china and the outcome was june known as opposed strategic democratic dialogue. >> i was in beijing as part of the strategic and economic dialogue. the thing that impressed me was the fact that there was a sort of parallel universe. the incredible drama happening in the embassy. but the rest of the negotiations went -- what that suggested to me was that both side
should focus on fun chen guangcheng it's more exciting than -- >> for us we sent a reporter with hillary clinton and the team from washington so we were able to cover that. we -- it's a relative news value issue. one story was for a more interesting and compelling story than the other as important as the strategic dialogue talks may have been [laughter] we went with the one that was the human -- and we played that everybody else. you know, great powers walk and chew gum at the same time....
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announced he will refuse to defend the bipartisan defense of marriage act that was signed by president bill clinton despite the fact it's been the law of the land for more than 15 years. it is, in fact the duty of the department of justice to defend laws passed by congress that are lawful and constitutional, and yet he refuses to even do so. and the litany goes on. in addition to using the justice department as a political arm of the obama campaign, he's also moved the department in a dangerously ideological direction in the war on terror. attorney general holder has failed to grasp the most important lesson of 9/11 and the 9/11 commission, that there is a difference between criminal law enforcement for violating crimes and the laws of war that are designed to get actionable intelligence and prevent attacks against the american people, not just punish them once they have occurred, which is the function of the criminal law. his actions have demonstrated that he believes that terrorism is a traditional law enforcement problem warranting the same old traditional law enforcement solutions. but they, by
announced he will refuse to defend the bipartisan defense of marriage act that was signed by president bill clinton despite the fact it's been the law of the land for more than 15 years. it is, in fact the duty of the department of justice to defend laws passed by congress that are lawful and constitutional, and yet he refuses to even do so. and the litany goes on. in addition to using the justice department as a political arm of the obama campaign, he's also moved the department in a...
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what they were under president clinton. during that eight years, 22 million increased jobs in this country. the bush years, with low tax rates for the rich, we lost 5 million manufacturing jobs and had absolutely anemic economic growth. it just -- make the compare son. you don't have to be an economist to make this comparison. you look at tax rate during those years, he look at tax rates during the eight years of the bush years. the clinton years and the bush years. and i don't want to go back. i don't want to blame everything on president bush. that doesn't get us anywhere. it makes people quit listening. but i do want to learn from history. and i look at the tax system we had during the clinton years and the tax system we had during the bush years and make the contrast about what happened. 22 million jobs created. not so good during the bush years with almost -- with very anemic job creation. far too many people in my home -- for too many people in my home state, the recession meant that they had to delay -- the recession
what they were under president clinton. during that eight years, 22 million increased jobs in this country. the bush years, with low tax rates for the rich, we lost 5 million manufacturing jobs and had absolutely anemic economic growth. it just -- make the compare son. you don't have to be an economist to make this comparison. you look at tax rate during those years, he look at tax rates during the eight years of the bush years. the clinton years and the bush years. and i don't want to go back....
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secretary of state hillary clinton talks about the state department budget at a hearing of the house foreign relations committee. her testimony came hours after an agreement with north korea to suspend its nuclear activities in exchange for food aid. this is two and a half hours. >> the meeting will come to order. >> because of secretary must leave at 4:00 after opening remarks, and i will ask the secretary to summarize her testimony and then we will move directly to the questions from our members. given the vote situation a ranking member will be recognized to deliver his opening remarks if we aren't going to be interrupted by votes but here you are and it is no problem. so i want to give my remarks and then you are since you are going to be -- know i will get mine. i don't trust you with my remarks but without objections members they have five days to submit statements and questions for the record. madam secretary, welcome back to the committee to discuss the of administrations foreign relations budget request. all of us have great respect for you madam secretary as well as for you
secretary of state hillary clinton talks about the state department budget at a hearing of the house foreign relations committee. her testimony came hours after an agreement with north korea to suspend its nuclear activities in exchange for food aid. this is two and a half hours. >> the meeting will come to order. >> because of secretary must leave at 4:00 after opening remarks, and i will ask the secretary to summarize her testimony and then we will move directly to the questions...
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as hillary clinton declared more than 15 years ago in beijing at the fourth world conference on women, "human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." if we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families, too. it is disheartening in the last several months that petty partisanship and gamesmanship has held up policies critical to women's health, including this act. since its original passage in 1994, the bill has made tremendous progress in protecting women from domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. the bill has transformed our criminal justice system and victim support services. it has encouraged collaboration among law enforcement, health and housing professionals, and community organizations to prevent and respond to domestic partner violence. and it has funded programs, such as services training officers, prosecutors. it is training officers and prosecutors, and these are called stop grants, and they are used to train personnel, training, technical assistance and other equipm
as hillary clinton declared more than 15 years ago in beijing at the fourth world conference on women, "human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." if we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families, too. it is disheartening in the last several months that petty partisanship and gamesmanship has held up policies critical to women's health, including this act. since its original...
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he was appointed by president clinton to the board of the national science foundation. and as a young man, he took a break from his studies at columbia where he roomed with art garfunkel to work in the nixon white house. all of this makes a substantive, meaningful contribution to our country. but there is one thing i have not yet mentioned. at the young age of 19, sandy went blind. he lost his sight, and with that all likely hope of a successful completion of his college career or a successful career in life. he was told by the social workers who met with him after glaucoma stole his sight from him that his future would likely consist of assembling screwdriver kits in a sheltered workshop in his hometown in upstate new york. but it's because of the kindness and the intervention of his roommates, art garfunkel and others who volunteered who dedicated countless hours to reading to him, to allowing him to finish his class work and to be successful in completing his studies at columbia and go on to harvard law school and then to oxford and then to go further and further. he
he was appointed by president clinton to the board of the national science foundation. and as a young man, he took a break from his studies at columbia where he roomed with art garfunkel to work in the nixon white house. all of this makes a substantive, meaningful contribution to our country. but there is one thing i have not yet mentioned. at the young age of 19, sandy went blind. he lost his sight, and with that all likely hope of a successful completion of his college career or a successful...
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president obama and save terry clinton have been very clear on this issue of how we do the former. >> host: rajiv shah, albuquerque new mexico, john on our democrat's line. good morning, john? are you with us? let's go into fairfax virginia. ritch, republican caller. hi rich. >> caller: good morning, how are you? everybody wants to do what is right in the world but it comes down to priorities and i guess not my issue, but my concern is that we have people here this country that received the same help that we send overseas all the time. i watched a show on 60 minutes last night. tel aviv is in the midst of a recession and is doing extremely well. you look in the middle east and all the countries over there not doing very well. i don't understand why it is always on our back. why does the united states have to go out and take care of the rest of the world? that is pretty much a general comment that i have and maybe you can provide feedback that will help me understand. i know it's only 1% but why we should do more when we have so much that needs to be done in this country? thank you ver
president obama and save terry clinton have been very clear on this issue of how we do the former. >> host: rajiv shah, albuquerque new mexico, john on our democrat's line. good morning, john? are you with us? let's go into fairfax virginia. ritch, republican caller. hi rich. >> caller: good morning, how are you? everybody wants to do what is right in the world but it comes down to priorities and i guess not my issue, but my concern is that we have people here this country that...
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secretary clinton, after apologized. i missed your opening remarks. i was resigning over the private -- said at the time. adjure ensure you all remember. let me begin by expressing my agreement with your words of caution about the serious situation. it is enormously complex geographically, culturally, diplomatically, and that think we are right to try to proceed very carefully for no matter what you -- we end up doing. impressed him one of the more terrifying moments of my life was when i was a journalist and beverage in 1983. remember how complicated that was buried in the middle of a very complicated fire fred emery turnaround of me and said, sir, never get involved in a 57 argument. i would like to ask you all a couple of questions with respect to this region. the first is, i am interested in learning more about this millie's in north africa said funds. opec cut 2 billion. 500 million existing funds being reallocated. considerable money to of be given to other countries in the region. i am curious to learn from you, what programmatic in particular
secretary clinton, after apologized. i missed your opening remarks. i was resigning over the private -- said at the time. adjure ensure you all remember. let me begin by expressing my agreement with your words of caution about the serious situation. it is enormously complex geographically, culturally, diplomatically, and that think we are right to try to proceed very carefully for no matter what you -- we end up doing. impressed him one of the more terrifying moments of my life was when i was a...
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i tried to help president clinton and then-first lady -- clinton when they were passing health care reform and they couldn't get it done. but president obama stuck with it. even though there was precious little help from the other side of the aisle, he stuck with it and got the bill passed. they then challenged him in court at every level and today at the highest court in our land, it was found constitutional. the president said, it is not only good in its substance -- and i have described it -- but its also a new challenge for us, democrats and republicans, to make it work. the american people want us to come together to help make health insurance affordable and available, to incentivize quality care and to make certain that america, the richest nation on earth, has the best and most affordable health care on earth. it took the supreme court 193 pages to say it today, and now it's up to us, both democrats and republicans, to work together. maybe put the swords aside and sit down at a table and make this law even better across america. i think the american people are counting on us. i thin
i tried to help president clinton and then-first lady -- clinton when they were passing health care reform and they couldn't get it done. but president obama stuck with it. even though there was precious little help from the other side of the aisle, he stuck with it and got the bill passed. they then challenged him in court at every level and today at the highest court in our land, it was found constitutional. the president said, it is not only good in its substance -- and i have described it...
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. >> this president clinton have any remarks were suggestions to president obama through their golf game on the fiscal cliff? >> for reasons that would be apparent to anybody who's seen me sitting at golf club i was not there and therefore do not know. [inaudible] >> and a president obama enjoyed the session, but beyond that i don't have anything else for you. [inaudible] >> can you give us more detail about who will be here, how many end the dialog does not already part of the conversation? >> the president looks forward to the meeting. i think we will have details on that later this evening. i don't have a list for you. >> in concept, talk about what experience governors have, what is hoping to hear every day. >> governors have a lot at stake in this process. they've been interesting seeing washington get its fiscal house in order. they see action to ensure that the economy continues to grow. governors broadly speaking having an interest in washington making wise investments and rebuilding our infrastructure. they obviously have a stake in our health care entitlement programs including
. >> this president clinton have any remarks were suggestions to president obama through their golf game on the fiscal cliff? >> for reasons that would be apparent to anybody who's seen me sitting at golf club i was not there and therefore do not know. [inaudible] >> and a president obama enjoyed the session, but beyond that i don't have anything else for you. [inaudible] >> can you give us more detail about who will be here, how many end the dialog does not already part...
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like secretary clinton, i trust them with my life. it's important to recognize that our colleagues and the bureau at the economic security and the near east affairs and across the department at home and abroad get it right countless times a day for years on end and some of the toughest circumstances imaginable. we cannot lose sight of that. but we learned some very hard and painful lessons in benghazi. we are already acting on them. we have to do better. we owe it to our colleagues who lost their lives in benghazi. we owe it to the security professionals who acted with such extraordinary heroism that all of night to try to protect them. and we owe it to the thousands of our colleagues serving america with great dedication every day in diplomatic posts around the world. we will never prevent every act of terrorism or achieve perfect security. but we will never stop working to get better and safer. as the secretary has said, the united states will keep leading and keep engaging around the world including those hard places where america'
like secretary clinton, i trust them with my life. it's important to recognize that our colleagues and the bureau at the economic security and the near east affairs and across the department at home and abroad get it right countless times a day for years on end and some of the toughest circumstances imaginable. we cannot lose sight of that. but we learned some very hard and painful lessons in benghazi. we are already acting on them. we have to do better. we owe it to our colleagues who lost...
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that president clinton did on welfare r reform. it was said the other day, in the history of the united states, every great crisis has been solved by presidential leadership or not at all. every great crisis has been solved by presidential leadership or not at all. a number of us have made our suggestions about what to do about the fact that our debt is too big. we're spending money we don't have, and one way or the other we have to fix it. it's that simple. we shouldn't be brogu borrowing2 cents of every dollar we spend. we have to fix it. a number of us on the republican side have said, we'll hold our nose and do some things we normally wouldn't do. if the president will come forward with a president on restraining entitlement spending, we'll help raise revenues and put the together together and that makes a budget agreement that the new foreign n minister of autoaustria has said, the united states of america is one budget agreement from reasserting its global preeminence. one budget agreement away from stopping talk of america's
that president clinton did on welfare r reform. it was said the other day, in the history of the united states, every great crisis has been solved by presidential leadership or not at all. every great crisis has been solved by presidential leadership or not at all. a number of us have made our suggestions about what to do about the fact that our debt is too big. we're spending money we don't have, and one way or the other we have to fix it. it's that simple. we shouldn't be brogu borrowing2...
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hillary clinton, barbara mikulski, susa susan collins and myself teamed up to assure that every girl in this country hastl board decides to offer it as an option to go to a girls school, and likewise every boy whose school board decides that would be better for the boyce -- in middle challenge especially and high school. because we teamed up after about 15 years of trying, starting with jack danforth from missouri, who started the effort to allow single-sex schools in our public entities in america. when i came here in 1993, we finally passed it with our coalition saying, we know that this can be better for some girls and some boyce - boys. not all. but it was, i will say to the distinguished presiding officer, it was the young women's leadership academy in harlem, new york, that gave us the courage to say, this can be done, because they fought all the efforts to not allow it, all the lawsuits, they stood up -- and hillary clinton went to visit the young women's leadership school. i took rod paige, the secretary of education, right there to new york, and i said, secretary paige, we c
hillary clinton, barbara mikulski, susa susan collins and myself teamed up to assure that every girl in this country hastl board decides to offer it as an option to go to a girls school, and likewise every boy whose school board decides that would be better for the boyce -- in middle challenge especially and high school. because we teamed up after about 15 years of trying, starting with jack danforth from missouri, who started the effort to allow single-sex schools in our public entities in...
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in 1995, she was one of five republicans to vote to acquit president clinton of both articles of i am peachment. and in 2005, she joined the bipartisan gang of 14 which helped defuse an earlier dispute about threats to change the senate's rules. yet, what many failed to mention is that despite her vaunted independence, olympia has always been a very proud republican. we believe as republicans, she recently said, that the individual is more important than the state. we believe that the great days of our past can be a steppingstone to an even greater future. we believe a job is preferential to a handout and independence is better than dependence. we believe that the private sector is more productive than big government will ever be, and when it comes to a balanced budget, a top priority for the party, senator snowe has been a true leader. she has been a long time supporter of a balanced budget amendment as far back as 1993 when she was still serving in the house. she was one of four initial sponsors of the legislation that would have mandated a balanced budget. and one of her first acts
in 1995, she was one of five republicans to vote to acquit president clinton of both articles of i am peachment. and in 2005, she joined the bipartisan gang of 14 which helped defuse an earlier dispute about threats to change the senate's rules. yet, what many failed to mention is that despite her vaunted independence, olympia has always been a very proud republican. we believe as republicans, she recently said, that the individual is more important than the state. we believe that the great...
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during the clinton administration, he served as president clinton's white house associate director for education policy, senior policy adviser on education to vice president gore and special assistant to u.s. secretary of education dick reilly. in 2000 jon co-founded new leaders for new schools, and he served as its ceo until last year. he worked for the 2008 obama for american presidential campaign and was senior adviser to president obama's presidential transition team. he joins us today as an adviser to the obama presidential campaign. with that, marty, if you'd be so kind as to get us started. >> sure. so thanks to rick and to aei for hosting this event and for all of you for being here. this is, obviously, a contentious campaign season so far, so it's nice to be talking today about an area in which there's actually some common ground between the two candidates, and for importantly, i think, genuine prospects for bipartisan collaboration after november 6th. both candidates, agree, first of all, that our or nation need to address challenges, essential to our long-term economic succe
during the clinton administration, he served as president clinton's white house associate director for education policy, senior policy adviser on education to vice president gore and special assistant to u.s. secretary of education dick reilly. in 2000 jon co-founded new leaders for new schools, and he served as its ceo until last year. he worked for the 2008 obama for american presidential campaign and was senior adviser to president obama's presidential transition team. he joins us today as...
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secretary of state clinton has made empowering women and important part of her diplomatic priorities and i support her efforts. for the united states who do not need to implement additional legislation in order to be in full compliance with the convention. laws such as the civil rights act, title ix strength in the u.s. position in the convention and our leadership could lead to other countries adopting similar protections for disabled women. most importantly i'm reminded of the veterans who have returned from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the brave veterans who served in all the places we've asked them to go, who advance the interest and ideals of the united states. we owe them a debt for their service. any return with severe burns, some requiring lifetime care. i would like to just read a statement from one of the veterans that appeared in front of the foreign relations committee, and disabled marine veteran john kerry. this is what he said. and i quote here in 1968 i arrived in the non-assigned to first battalion 27th marines have said infantry platoon commander. five months l
secretary of state clinton has made empowering women and important part of her diplomatic priorities and i support her efforts. for the united states who do not need to implement additional legislation in order to be in full compliance with the convention. laws such as the civil rights act, title ix strength in the u.s. position in the convention and our leadership could lead to other countries adopting similar protections for disabled women. most importantly i'm reminded of the veterans who...
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in 1997, president clinton called for creating 3,000 charter schools by the two. this was after the -- by 2002. this was after the first president bush called for creating break the mold schools in every school district in america, another name for what we call today charter schools. and then the second president bush in 2002 called for $200 million in federal dollars to support charter schools. today there are 41 states which have charter schools, and the schools serve two million students, about 4% of the 50 million students in our public schools today. i'm proud to say our own state of tennessee has had a strong charter school movement, and only recently has the state charter law which was passed in 2002 been amended to remove the cap on a number of schools in the state and on limitations on student eligibility. we currently have 40 charter schools operating in tennessee, 25 in memphis, 11 in nashville, nearly 10,000 students in the state. our first to the top plan, tennessee won the president's race to the top plan for education, included $14 million to expand
in 1997, president clinton called for creating 3,000 charter schools by the two. this was after the -- by 2002. this was after the first president bush called for creating break the mold schools in every school district in america, another name for what we call today charter schools. and then the second president bush in 2002 called for $200 million in federal dollars to support charter schools. today there are 41 states which have charter schools, and the schools serve two million students,...
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hillary clinton gave me a baby shower when i got my little daughter. and so it's those kinds of things. then i guess what we do in our dinners and our social contacts are just talk about either the obstacles we face are the information we need if we've got children here, information about schools or where to live, how you manage going back and forth to your home state. and we've made different choices. some choose to have their children with them here. some choose to keep them in their environments. very hard choice. so where i was always getting advice from each other. it's a great relationship and it doesn't usually impinge on our voting. we vote our states, we vote our philosophies. we don't assure each other to change something because we all understand that our constituent is our first responsibility. but as far as can moderate and an understanding that not very many women have about the kinds of obstacles we face, it's really fun and interesting. >> i'm pretty sure the men don't chip in and buy a spa certificate for the one who's getting married,
hillary clinton gave me a baby shower when i got my little daughter. and so it's those kinds of things. then i guess what we do in our dinners and our social contacts are just talk about either the obstacles we face are the information we need if we've got children here, information about schools or where to live, how you manage going back and forth to your home state. and we've made different choices. some choose to have their children with them here. some choose to keep them in their...
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i will sign up for the clinton era income-tax rates if obama commits to the clinton era spending levels. >> you can't repeal the aging of the population, and it's worth recognizing that the demographic changes ahead of us that millions and millions of americans have become eligible for medicare and social security in the coming years is not something you could ignore, and part of governing is recognizing this basic realities in that context. now that is a good reason to focus very intently how to increase the rate of growth and in the expenditures across the country as a whole but that is one reason that it's different. but again, the level of spending projected in just the president's budget is one example is very modest spending outside entitlements relative to the share of gdp. even relative to clinton for example in the president's budget the level of spending for what's called the non-defense spending is part of the government outside defense and social security. those levels are very low as a share of the economy, so we think we have laid out a pretty sensible balance in this cont
i will sign up for the clinton era income-tax rates if obama commits to the clinton era spending levels. >> you can't repeal the aging of the population, and it's worth recognizing that the demographic changes ahead of us that millions and millions of americans have become eligible for medicare and social security in the coming years is not something you could ignore, and part of governing is recognizing this basic realities in that context. now that is a good reason to focus very...
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clinton left office, handed the keys to president george w. bush and said incidentally, next year, welcome to washington. another surplus. $120 billion surplus. the economy created 23 million jobs in my eight years and i wish you the best. he left, turned the keys over to president george w. bush and gave him control for eight years. eight years later, another snapshot. the national debt was no longer $5 trillion. it was 11 trillion dollars, more than doubled under president george w. bush. we lost jobs dramatically. lost jobs in america, unlike president clinton. and, when george w. bush handed the keys over to president barack obama, said welcome to washington, incidentally next year's budget deficit is $1.2 trillion. quite a different story, isn't it? you wouldn't know that from the speech just given. the suggestion is that democrats just don't get it right when it comes to deficits but republicans do. history tells us otherwise. so president barack obama inherited one of the weakest economies since the great depression. in fact we were tee
clinton left office, handed the keys to president george w. bush and said incidentally, next year, welcome to washington. another surplus. $120 billion surplus. the economy created 23 million jobs in my eight years and i wish you the best. he left, turned the keys over to president george w. bush and gave him control for eight years. eight years later, another snapshot. the national debt was no longer $5 trillion. it was 11 trillion dollars, more than doubled under president george w. bush. we...
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madam president, i will just conclude by reminding the american people that when clinton, bill clinton left office in january, 2001, this country had a 236 billion-dollar surplus and the projections were that surplus was going to grow every single year. but some of the same people in congress right now, including congressman paul ryan who is running for vice president, who are so concerned about the deficit, who want to cut social security, end medicare as we know it, make devastating cuts in medicaid and education, these very same people voted to go to war in iraq and afghanistan and not pay one nickel for those wars or put them on the credit card and increase the deficit. these same people who now want to go after wounded veterans gave you huge tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country, adding to the deficit, they passed a medicare part-d prescription drug program and forgot to pay for that as well. so to my mind, i have a real problem for folks who went to war without paying for it, gave tax breaks to millionaires without paying for it, passed the medicare part-d prescript
madam president, i will just conclude by reminding the american people that when clinton, bill clinton left office in january, 2001, this country had a 236 billion-dollar surplus and the projections were that surplus was going to grow every single year. but some of the same people in congress right now, including congressman paul ryan who is running for vice president, who are so concerned about the deficit, who want to cut social security, end medicare as we know it, make devastating cuts in...
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only income $250,000 will go back to the tax rates of bill clinton. now, let me remind everyone that in those years, we had 23 million new jobs created and a balanced budget, and we never had more millionaires created in one period of time as we did then because it was a fair tax system. president obama has asked us to give a tax break to everyone on the first $250,000 of their income, and after that to go back to the rates under bill clinton. that includes 97% of small business owners. madam president, when you hear the republicans get up and say democrats want to hurt small businesses, democrats want to hurt the job creators, our position is that 97% of small business owners, we agree with the president, should get a tax break, but if you earn over that $250,000, which is a few percent pay the fair share that we paid during the fabulous economic growth period when bill clinton was the president. why do we feel it's important that we say 98% and not 100% of taxpayers? because we have a deficit issue. we have a debt problem. and we want to get back to
only income $250,000 will go back to the tax rates of bill clinton. now, let me remind everyone that in those years, we had 23 million new jobs created and a balanced budget, and we never had more millionaires created in one period of time as we did then because it was a fair tax system. president obama has asked us to give a tax break to everyone on the first $250,000 of their income, and after that to go back to the rates under bill clinton. that includes 97% of small business owners. madam...
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chairman, i join you in welcoming secretary clinton to the committee once again. we look forward to discussing the administration's foreign policy priorities, and budget requests for fiscal year 2013. since your visit last year, the american economy remains under great stress. the unemployment rate stands well above the historical standards at 8.3% nationally, 9% my home state of indiana. the close of 2011, nearly 49 americans were still looking for work and millions more are underemployed. the united states national debt has risen above $15 trillion, posing extreme economic risk for our country. american families continue to bear the brunt of these economic uncertainties. within this context, the administration's request for resources must be prioritized to meet the requirements of budget austerity. while addressing the vital national security objectives the chairman has so well outlined. this past year has also brought further uncertainty overseas. people in north africa at least are marking the anniversaries of their protests. the protest for democracy and acco
chairman, i join you in welcoming secretary clinton to the committee once again. we look forward to discussing the administration's foreign policy priorities, and budget requests for fiscal year 2013. since your visit last year, the american economy remains under great stress. the unemployment rate stands well above the historical standards at 8.3% nationally, 9% my home state of indiana. the close of 2011, nearly 49 americans were still looking for work and millions more are underemployed. the...
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security council debates in new york along with secretary clinton and the french foreign minister and other ministers. we all spoke in strong support of a draft u.n. security council resolution proposed by the kingdom of morocco on behalf of the arab league. the resolution called for implementation of the plans to stop all the violence in syria from all sides and to begin a political transition. mr. speaker, there was nothing in this draft a resolution that wouldn't be purported buy any country seeking a peaceful end to the tragedy unfolding in syria. it demanded them end to all violence and called for the process to allow the syrians to determine the future and settled a patent in national unity of government and internationally supervised election. it did not call for military intervention and could not have been used to authorize any such action under any circumstances. it dhaka not impose sanctions. a proposed putting the waist and authority of the united nations security council behind the plan to achieve a lasting and sustainable peace in syria. as i said at the security council
security council debates in new york along with secretary clinton and the french foreign minister and other ministers. we all spoke in strong support of a draft u.n. security council resolution proposed by the kingdom of morocco on behalf of the arab league. the resolution called for implementation of the plans to stop all the violence in syria from all sides and to begin a political transition. mr. speaker, there was nothing in this draft a resolution that wouldn't be purported buy any country...
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gps, president clinton offered the gps standard positioning service to the global aviation committee through icao to support international civil aviation. this commitment was reaffirmed in 2007 under president bush as follows, the u.s. government maintains its commitment to provide gps signals on a continuous worldwide basis, free of user fees and even worldwide civil space-based navigation services and to provide open, free access and information necessary to develop and build equipment to use the services. even before the work of fan committee at office of both president clinton and bush, the availability of gps tessellation first came about i'm sure you'll were up when president reagan authorized its use for international civil aviation after the shootdown of korean double seven. following the initial u.s., icao develop international standards to satellite navigation systems with the availability of the gps system became globally recognized by the international civil aviation community as a central element of gnss. icao and the entire international civil aviation community have no
gps, president clinton offered the gps standard positioning service to the global aviation committee through icao to support international civil aviation. this commitment was reaffirmed in 2007 under president bush as follows, the u.s. government maintains its commitment to provide gps signals on a continuous worldwide basis, free of user fees and even worldwide civil space-based navigation services and to provide open, free access and information necessary to develop and build equipment to use...
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i'm so -- we're so fortunate to have had for the last three and a half years hillary clinton leading the state department. i've indicated ambassador stevens was not a political appointment -- appointee. he was a foreign service officer, as i indicated served in the peace corps, spent his life giving of his time and his talents to promote democracy around the world. i supported president obama's directive to provide whatever resources are necessary to keep our personnel in libya safe. i'll continue to monitor the situation as we learn more about these terrible events. madam president, henry ward beacher, the famous abolitionist, once said the library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. i agree. our founding fathers also agreed. that's why we have the library of congress. of course, the library of congress was initially the library of thomas jefferson. that's what started the library of congress. it was established in 1800. this country's first federal cultural institution. it's the largest library in the world. 35 million books, 830 miles of book shelves. the numbers a
i'm so -- we're so fortunate to have had for the last three and a half years hillary clinton leading the state department. i've indicated ambassador stevens was not a political appointment -- appointee. he was a foreign service officer, as i indicated served in the peace corps, spent his life giving of his time and his talents to promote democracy around the world. i supported president obama's directive to provide whatever resources are necessary to keep our personnel in libya safe. i'll...
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and -- and sending it to yucca mountain, this got up to the level of the top level of the clinton administration. there's a time in 2025 this has to happen for idaho to no longer be obligated to receive this waste. this has implications. the fact that we are letting this go on and on i think is a big mistake. i voted for this to do it at yucca mountain and i think that is the law land. it hasn't been changed. i think you are going to wind up -- i can't believe the courts are going to sustain your position so you better start looking at these -- you better start figuring out how you're going to get yucca mountain moving forward. you just can't declare something as the executive branch that it is no longer the law. you have to come to congress and get the law change. that hasn't happened. >> that was another important recognition in the buddha commission that it was up to congress if congress wants to change the law we will be working with congress to do that. we take the obligations very seriously. you have to get prepared and by 2037 you have to be shipping something -- does that very serious le
and -- and sending it to yucca mountain, this got up to the level of the top level of the clinton administration. there's a time in 2025 this has to happen for idaho to no longer be obligated to receive this waste. this has implications. the fact that we are letting this go on and on i think is a big mistake. i voted for this to do it at yucca mountain and i think that is the law land. it hasn't been changed. i think you are going to wind up -- i can't believe the courts are going to sustain...
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this has been the desire of many critics of the clinton-era welfare reform since they were enacted. the administration has not been forthcoming at all about what they want to substitute for a work first approach. in the past, absent strong federal performance standards, states have allowed activities such as journaling, exercise or assisting a neighbor to court has worked for the purposes of welfare eligibility, just to mention a few. madam president, here is why i have such a problem with this shift in policy. i believe most people receiving welfare are unhappy with their situation and want to be able to work. even with assistance, families trying to survive on cash assistance welfare are living in desperately impoverished circumstances. the reasons that some families have to go on welfare can be, of course, complicated. many adults on welfare struggle with mental health and substance abuse issues. these barriers to work prevent adults on welfare from having work readiness skills. additionally, inactivity and a lack of attachment to the work force can exacerbate existing mental hea
this has been the desire of many critics of the clinton-era welfare reform since they were enacted. the administration has not been forthcoming at all about what they want to substitute for a work first approach. in the past, absent strong federal performance standards, states have allowed activities such as journaling, exercise or assisting a neighbor to court has worked for the purposes of welfare eligibility, just to mention a few. madam president, here is why i have such a problem with this...
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president clinton presided over the strongest period of private-sector growth in recent memory, and he did so while government spending grew every year from 1995 to 2000. in three of those years, president clinton generated a balanced budget, the last balanced budget we've seen in washington. it is clear to me that we should be heartened by the recent positive economic data, but we can't mistake it for a signal to retreat. we've got to continue to keep working to build a strong and fiscal -- strong, fiscally sound economy for the 21st century. one of the things that's a critical element in that is unemployment insurance. the january report, as i mentioned, says we're on the road to recovery, adding 257,000 private-sector jobs and the unemployment rate dipping from 8.5% to 8.3%. even with these gains, more than 12.5 million people are still unemployed, actively looking for work, and more concerning, there are a number of longer-term unemployed which remains at about 5.5 million. the trouble finding work isn't due to lack of initiative. we need more jobs. and until there are more jobs av
president clinton presided over the strongest period of private-sector growth in recent memory, and he did so while government spending grew every year from 1995 to 2000. in three of those years, president clinton generated a balanced budget, the last balanced budget we've seen in washington. it is clear to me that we should be heartened by the recent positive economic data, but we can't mistake it for a signal to retreat. we've got to continue to keep working to build a strong and fiscal --...
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the federal, circuit and district court level compared to 172 for president bush, 183 for president clinton. it is so obvious the republicans are stopping worthy bipartisan nominees for strictly political reasons. current judicial vacancies at this point in president obama's term are 83, nearly double the 46 vacancies in president bush's term. i know my republican colleagues sometimes argue that president obama is too slow to make nominations. but that argument doesn't explain what happens after the nominations have been made, cleared the investigations, cleared the committee and reached the senate calendar. rie are 39 judicial nominees pending either before the judiciary committee or on the floor of the senate. promptly confirming these numbers would bring president obama's confirmation numbers close to president bush's, but still the obstruction continues. some might argue that blocking of judicial nominees is just another one of those silly partisan games in washington, but unfortunately this obstruction has real impact across america. there are 35 judicial vacancies that have been desig
the federal, circuit and district court level compared to 172 for president bush, 183 for president clinton. it is so obvious the republicans are stopping worthy bipartisan nominees for strictly political reasons. current judicial vacancies at this point in president obama's term are 83, nearly double the 46 vacancies in president bush's term. i know my republican colleagues sometimes argue that president obama is too slow to make nominations. but that argument doesn't explain what happens...
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if secretary baker and secretary clinton can agree, why can't we? here's two polar opposites. they both see the same thing. the only problem is we haven't put our economic house in order. i know it's the senate majority leader's position to try to protect both his incumbent and his members. and i know the conventional dizz wizdom says we can't get anything done in an election year but i want to tell you it's not good enough anymore. it's not good enough for the country. the country deserves better. by doing nothing, we are pushing our children and grandchildren off a fiscal cliff and by doing nothing weiner guaranteeing the very tax increases and the very cuts in entitlements that both sides say they want to avoid. if you're an unemployed american right now or someone struggling to make ends meet, when is the right time for us to act? is it a perfect political moment that's always a mirage beyond the horizon of the next election or is it today or this week? the american people have lost their confidence in us because we refuse to act even as we call on others to do things that
if secretary baker and secretary clinton can agree, why can't we? here's two polar opposites. they both see the same thing. the only problem is we haven't put our economic house in order. i know it's the senate majority leader's position to try to protect both his incumbent and his members. and i know the conventional dizz wizdom says we can't get anything done in an election year but i want to tell you it's not good enough anymore. it's not good enough for the country. the country deserves...
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and from the report that was made by the mother in clinton county. and we then learned after that initial reporting of that sexual abuse at clinton county that back in 2002, an assistant coach by the name of michael mcqueary had gone to the penn state facilities at lash hall in march of 2002 and saw what he believed to be a young boy in a shower being assaulted by jerry sandusky. and i'm sure you've all read the accounts of what occurred after that. mike immediately called his
and from the report that was made by the mother in clinton county. and we then learned after that initial reporting of that sexual abuse at clinton county that back in 2002, an assistant coach by the name of michael mcqueary had gone to the penn state facilities at lash hall in march of 2002 and saw what he believed to be a young boy in a shower being assaulted by jerry sandusky. and i'm sure you've all read the accounts of what occurred after that. mike immediately called his
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as hillary clinton declared more than 15 years ago in beijing at the fourth world conference on women, "human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." if we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families, too. it is disheartening in the last several months that petty partisanship and gamesmanship has held up policies critical to women's health, including this act. since its original passage in 1994, the bill has made tremendous progress in protecting women from domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. the bill has transformed our criminal justice system and victim support services. it has encouraged collaboration among law enforcement, health and housing professionals, and community organizations to prevent and respond to domestic partner violence. and it has funded programs, such as services training officers, prosecutors. it is training officers and prosecutors, and these are called stop grants, and they are used to train personnel, training, technical assistance and other equipm
as hillary clinton declared more than 15 years ago in beijing at the fourth world conference on women, "human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights." if we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families, too. it is disheartening in the last several months that petty partisanship and gamesmanship has held up policies critical to women's health, including this act. since its original...
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both the republican and democratic presidents, president ronald reagan, president bush and president clinton and the work of all of those efforts ultimately produced a balanced federal budget. believe me, i know firsthand what a tough and critical job you have in this committee particularly given the size of the deficits you are working with that unfortunately face our country again. it is no surprise that there is a vigorous debate here in washington about what steps should be taken to come from these challenges. we went through many of the same debates in the 80's and 90's. thankfully the leadership of both parties were willing to make some very difficult decisions we had to be made an order to reduce the deficit. today you face the same difficult choices and while i know there are differences, the leaders of both the legislative and executive branches of government have a duty to protect our national and fiscal security. i know as elected members of congress particularly the members of this committee, we take this seriously. as i do, as the secretary defense i do not believe as i have bee
both the republican and democratic presidents, president ronald reagan, president bush and president clinton and the work of all of those efforts ultimately produced a balanced federal budget. believe me, i know firsthand what a tough and critical job you have in this committee particularly given the size of the deficits you are working with that unfortunately face our country again. it is no surprise that there is a vigorous debate here in washington about what steps should be taken to come...
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clinton laterse senator clinton nowna secretarys clinton was vecery involved in, this 1994 health discussion andn that bill said nothing in the c title should be construed toloym prevent any employer from s contributing to the purchase ofu a standard benefits package which excludes coverage for abortion or other services if bs the employer objects toelief or self-service on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction. this is senator moynihan less than 20 years ago in what was considered a liberal piece ofbef legislation putting what the country fought since the beginning of government paid part o healthf care was just a naturall part of every health care bill t and the bill we are talking the about that this amendment woulde impact is the first time the't s federal government passed a health care bill that didn't include this language. the first time it didn't includf heis language. t and if you're not offended by the current mandate that some religions are i think it'sff important to think of enwhat you would be that in your faith would be an offensive thing to be told you have to be
clinton laterse senator clinton nowna secretarys clinton was vecery involved in, this 1994 health discussion andn that bill said nothing in the c title should be construed toloym prevent any employer from s contributing to the purchase ofu a standard benefits package which excludes coverage for abortion or other services if bs the employer objects toelief or self-service on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction. this is senator moynihan less than 20 years ago in what was considered...
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on april 3 secretary clinton, addressing cadets, described the iraq transition as the largest military to civilian transition since the marshall plan. we are now taking the lessons learned in iraq and applying them to afghanistan. state centralization of acquisitions for goods and services in our acquisitions management office which together with its two regional procurement support offices handle over 98% of our contracted dollars. the centralization of acquisitions obviates the need for the extension of policy guidance and oversight in a dispersed acquisition organization. we have hired 103 additional acquisition management staffs since 2008 using our working capital funds' 1% fee on all procurements enabling us to devote 37 support personnel to iraq and afghanistan, and we are trained and deployed more contracting officer representatives with 1 ,000 certified by the end of this year. the secretary's quadrennial diplomacy and developing view, must now insure that adequate resources are identified early in planning. the assistant secretary must certify that planning and oversight is a
on april 3 secretary clinton, addressing cadets, described the iraq transition as the largest military to civilian transition since the marshall plan. we are now taking the lessons learned in iraq and applying them to afghanistan. state centralization of acquisitions for goods and services in our acquisitions management office which together with its two regional procurement support offices handle over 98% of our contracted dollars. the centralization of acquisitions obviates the need for the...
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let's get to the clinton tax increase and reducing deficits. the clinton tax increase, on the other hand, only accounted for 13% of the deficit reduction. only 13%. there are other -- there are further factors that contributed to the economic growth *ft 1990 -- of the 90's, including expansion of free trade, in the 1997 reduction in the capital gains tax rate. however, in the interest of time, i'm going to go on to other issues. one thing is clear, though, from this period of the 1990's, the economic growth of that time was not thanks to the clinton tax increase, nor was it a major player in bringing our deficit into balance. today we cannot rely on the unique economic conditions that we experienced during that decade of the 1990's. some of which are artificial, to buttress the negative effects of the tax increase. in fact we're in the middle of one of the worst economic eras since the great depression. unemployment has remained above 8% for over 41 straight months, almost three and a half years, in other words. economic growth has been anemic.
let's get to the clinton tax increase and reducing deficits. the clinton tax increase, on the other hand, only accounted for 13% of the deficit reduction. only 13%. there are other -- there are further factors that contributed to the economic growth *ft 1990 -- of the 90's, including expansion of free trade, in the 1997 reduction in the capital gains tax rate. however, in the interest of time, i'm going to go on to other issues. one thing is clear, though, from this period of the 1990's, the...
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a secretary clinton said during remarks at the virginia military academy in april, in iraq we've completed the largest transition from military to civilian leadership since the marshall plan. civilians later partnership with the free and democratic iraq. mr. chairman, we are committed to assisting iraq in securing the team to meet with u.s. assistant towards becoming a secure, stable and self-reliant country efficiently and effectively as possible. thank you again for inviting me here today for ongoing support of the department of state. i welcome any questions you might have. thank you, sir. >> we now recognize mr. peter verga, chief of staff for undersecretary for the u.s. department of defense. you're recognize for five minutes, sir. >> number attorney, distinguished members i appreciate the opportunity along with my state college to provide an update on the united states transition from a military chief of the land that present in iraq. given iraq's important situated reteach eclair the middle east to remains profoundly in the united states national interest that iraq emerges a strateg
a secretary clinton said during remarks at the virginia military academy in april, in iraq we've completed the largest transition from military to civilian leadership since the marshall plan. civilians later partnership with the free and democratic iraq. mr. chairman, we are committed to assisting iraq in securing the team to meet with u.s. assistant towards becoming a secure, stable and self-reliant country efficiently and effectively as possible. thank you again for inviting me here today for...
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under rule ten erbe five, the pn government must prove a person willfully violated the provisions with clinton's intent with. although the witnesses who cames before the committee generallyin agreed that congress enjoy is no extension from inside trading law, they also stressed the neet to clarify the relevant duty that applies to the members. ref it's reported by the committee in the language refined byirming senator levin and addressed thie issue by affirming the dutynd arising from the relationship of trust and confidence already to the congress, the united s states government and the citizensur we serve. at a markup we clarify that this does not create a new fiduciary duty in the traditional sense ha our existing duty. amended the congressional accountability act to prohibit members and staff from using nonpublic information gained through the performance of their official duties for personalefi. benefit.imited this provision is not limited to the trading context or otherwiso tethered to the financial a transactionncs because it wasn't anchored in the financiald some transaction, i express s
under rule ten erbe five, the pn government must prove a person willfully violated the provisions with clinton's intent with. although the witnesses who cames before the committee generallyin agreed that congress enjoy is no extension from inside trading law, they also stressed the neet to clarify the relevant duty that applies to the members. ref it's reported by the committee in the language refined byirming senator levin and addressed thie issue by affirming the dutynd arising from the...
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it was president clinton, left that budget for president bush. and that represented i think two or three successive years of balanced budgets. so i said to my staff take a look at the last time our budget was in balance and take a look at today and compare spending and revenue between those two periods of time. i think the senator from north dakota told me once something like 19.6% of g.d.p. in that year of balance was being spent, 19.6% was being raised in revenue, and there was the balance. now we have drifted to the point where i think that spending is around 24%, is that close? and that the actual revenue is down to 14%, the 10% delta equals the deficit. but in specifics what's happened in that period of time -- and this thanks to senator inouye, chairman of the appropriations committee, is a chart which kind of tells the story. i'll try to -- i'm going to use your easel if you don't mind. take a look. the blue line of course, the bar represents the spending, and revenue in fiscal year 2001, last time we had a balanced budget. and the red bar
it was president clinton, left that budget for president bush. and that represented i think two or three successive years of balanced budgets. so i said to my staff take a look at the last time our budget was in balance and take a look at today and compare spending and revenue between those two periods of time. i think the senator from north dakota told me once something like 19.6% of g.d.p. in that year of balance was being spent, 19.6% was being raised in revenue, and there was the balance....